Talia didn't answer Manny right away, even though it was probably a rhetorical question but... how bad could her parents be? She didn't want to find out. Still, she had to stand up to them once and for all and she felt she could do it since she wasn't going to be alone this time. But to disappoint them to this degree... how could she live with herself after? She was supposed to be everything they'd taught her, not the total opposite. She still didn't know what to do or what it looked like or what would happen, but she tried to sound calm and collected anyways.

"I fear I've never seen them at their worst, Manny. I know my father will be angry, but he taught me about Chi from the beginning, so I don't know what he expected to happen after that. Ugh, I don't want to do this... I really, really don't want to do this..." Talia's voice faded away as she cringed with imagining the encounter and the pain, but she regained it once more for just a moment to finish her thought. She looked to Bob and Manny, "Guys, what comes next? Do we arrange to meet with my parents somewhere so I can deal with this? Should it be in public view or in private, away from eyes and ears?"